Revealing the evolution of behavioral activation research trends over two decades through keyword network analysis

Sung-Min Son; Mo-Se Hwang; Yeon-Joo Nam; Kyu-Ho Jeong; June-Ho Seo; Tae Hui Kim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330910

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Revealing the evolution of behavioral activation research trends over two decades through keyword network analysis

Sung-Min Son,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5660-192X

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Mo-Se Hwang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3356-5553

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Yeon-Joo Nam,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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Kyu-Ho Jeong,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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June-Ho Seo,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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Tae Hui Kim

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: gooddr@yonsei.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0133-5227

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Revealing the evolution of behavioral activation research trends over two decades through keyword network analysis

Sung-Min Son,
Mo-Se Hwang,
Yeon-Joo Nam,
Kyu-Ho Jeong,
June-Ho Seo,
Tae Hui Kim

Published: August 25, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330910

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